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I was thinking of a potential ah idea based in 18th/19th century China and I realised I’d need some more information on religious demographics in the Qing dynasty to see whether its viable. Obviously today’s China is radically irreligious, and I can’t find any data pre mao whatsoever, let alone from around the late Qing years.

So, does anyone know in rough terms how many people subscribed to Buddhist beliefs during the middle of the Qing dynasty? What about folk religions? Islam?
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